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Call Number:
MSS 11
Creator:
Norris, Robert Provo, d. 1851
Title(s):
Rocky coastline scene /unfinished shoreline village.
Date:
circa 1846-1851
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series IV: Watercolors and Drawings
Part of Collection:
1, folder 5e(1)
Provenance:
Acquired 1995, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Watercolor sketch showing a rocky coastline with large mountains stretching up from water at left, a small building on the shore towards the foreground at left, and a curving dirt road or path in the immediate foreground. Unsigned/unidentified. On the reverse: an incomplete watercolor and graphite sketch of a shoreline village. Natural features are painted with a light wash of color and buildings and other features remain only outlined in graphite.
Physical Description:
2 watercolor and graphite sketches, 1 on reverse side of the other ; 25 x 36 cm
Genre:
Watercolors (paintings), Diaries, Graphite drawings, Landscape drawings, Letters, Travel sketches, and Views
Subject Terms:
British
Colonies
Colonization
Description and travel
History
Memorials
Xhosa (African people)
Subject Period:
1795-1872
19th century
Frontier Wars, 1811-1878
Associated Places:
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Great Britain
South Africa
Associated People/Groups:
De Smidt, Annie, 19th cent
Great Britain. Army
Great Britain. Army. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Hall, Morris, Captain
Mansergh, John Craven
Michell, John, Sir, 1781-1866
Norris, Dennis George, b. 1798 or 9
Norris, Robert Provo, d. 1851
South Africa. Army. Imperial Cape Mounted Riflemen
Finding Aid Title:
Robert Provo Norris Collection
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/966
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/966?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1